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Musselman / Ledebuhr Welcome Park

Musselman / Ledebuhr Welcome Park from directly overhead

Musselman / Ledebuhr Welcome Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Beal Pinetum, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 124 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.72971, -84.46185

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stoddard Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vet Med Field: 0.6 mi
  • Foyer Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Hidden River Park: 0.8 mi
  • Norman Foster Smith Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Orpheus: 0.6 mi
  • Pegasus: 0.8 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 0.8 mi
  • Sun Seed: 0.8 mi
  • Bird: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 45
  • Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture: 0.9 mi
  • Saints' Rest: 1.0 mi
  • The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University: 1.0 mi
  • Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall: 1.0 mi
  • Botanical Laboratory: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 28
Museums: 20
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 4.6 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.6 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.7 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 9.7 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 2.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 14.6 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Musselman / Ledebuhr Welcome Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillS 176°320 m17.3 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 208°296 m24.6 mi
Mount NethawayNE 52°267 m18.6 mi
Hog IslandENE 61°259 m19.5 mi
Bradshaw HillN 7°238 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel535 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort385 obs
  • yellow trout lily377 obs
  • Mallard363 obs
  • Canada Goose324 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty324 obs
  • large white trillium270 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee232 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/865683108

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